Rabbi Guy Matalon - The Kuzari - Part 28

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

thank you we were discussing the kuzuri's question the kusary said all the terms that we apply to Hashem Multiplicity we've been able to sort of get off get away with get him get rid of them but when you discuss God you keep referring to God as having a will that God wants the philosophers already explained that God doesn't want anything remember that so does God want something no why not okay so does he want you to put on Phil internet oh does he want you to keep Shabbos or not does he want you to learn Torah or not for your benefits for your not for him no it doesn't do anything for him no so no it doesn't do anything for him no so why does he want for your benefits and because my benefit is if my benefit is a lack in him no no then what just because you want something for somebody else's benefit doesn't mean so that's what you were saying that's what you were saying yesterday but I think you're wrong that's fine I'm sure I am I think you're right I tried to explain that to you that the fact that I want something even if it's for somebody else means that I will get some level of pleasure out of it I will be positively affected if I get any sort be positively affected if I get any sort of Hana um then it would mean that I'm getting something out of it so it says the rabbi he says no you have to understand really when we talk about God and we refer to God as wanting what do we mean by that and he says in the same way that the philosopher would would explain that the heavens are in constant motion

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1. 0:19thank you we were discussing the kuzuri's question the kusary said all the terms that we…
2. 3:24better understanding of yes does that explain how you put wands onto a gem I mean…
3. 7:08everybody else and there will be Greeks like us and they will do the things that…
4. 10:13yourself said to connect to Hashem that's Soraya the difficulty with the question right right is…
5. 13:50I got it you explained it to me right that there was the Adam's connection to…
6. 16:55if you think of a land as a Vineyard we have a Vineyard which means what…
7. 20:28because they couldn't because they couldn't yes I know but they believe it they're Muslim clerics…
8. 23:38in terms of how you behave towards a fellow Jew how you behave towards the land…
9. 27:15there's lots more Mitzvahs that are connected to it it produ allows for a person to…
10. 30:25so I would say that the kuzuri is saying it is impossible for this to reach…

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